Motor-vehicle hood cover



' 1,631,663 June 7, 1927. C. WILHELM MOTOR VEHICLE HOOD COVER Filed Nov. 3, 1925 l G) l y @MIJ l Patented June 7, 1927.

`PATENT. OFFICE.

CHARLES ViIIllCf-Ill'iM,r OF BAYVLLE, NEW JERSEY.

MOTOR-VEHICLE HOOD COVER.

Application led November 3, 1925. Serial No. 66,571.

This invention relates to the covers `for the hoods of automobiles or other motor vehicles for maintaining the engine andy radiator of the same in al relatively warm condition during the cold weather.

The primary object of an invention of this character, is to provide a hood cover of suitable fabric that may be readily associated with or removed from the hood and that when associated with the hood will entirely encase the same as wcll'as the radiator and that may be so adjusted without great effort as to uncover the radiator in order to insure the proper functioning ofthe motor, during the operation of the vehicle.

A further and important obJect of this invention is to so construct a hood coverfrom relatively few fabric sections that may be folded in a fiat and compact mass and to do this in a quick manner which is now practically impossible with the hood covers upon the market,

A final salient ob]ect lies 1n the provision or a hood cover embodying all of the above features and one that may be manufactured and :marketedl at low cost.

lWith the foregoing and other objects in view as the nature of the invention will be better understood, the same comprises the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more fully described and shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing wherein like reference characters indicate y'corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure l is a perspective of a vehicle hood cover constructed in accordance with the present invention, certain of the structural elements being shown in dotted line position and certain others being fragmentarily shown or broken away for clearly disclosing the salient structural features of the cover.

2 is a front elevational view of a vehicle radiator that also may be enclosed by my novel cover, the front fla-ps being extended in an outwardopen direction to clearly disclose the interior construction thereof, and i i f Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the cover as actually associated with the vehicle hood.

Now having particular reference to they ized fabric or other suitable insulating ma- 4.erial. Said body portion 5 .is shaped to the general outline of a particular vehicle hood for which it is adapted and comprises a central portion 6 that in use covers the top side of the vehicle hood and side portions 7-7 that extend downwardly along the side panels of the hood as shown in Figs. l and At the lower edges ofthe side portions 7--7 of said body 5, a detachable securingmeans 8 may be provided for interconnecting-saidside portions and tie side panels of the hood. I do not wish to be limited to such a detachable fastener as the side portions may be formed with suitable openings through which the hood fasteners may pass which will answer as a securing means for the cover upon the hood.

\ At the forward end of the central portion 6 of the main body 5, there is formed an opening' 9 through which the usual filler neck of the vehicle radiator may pass. Also t the extreme forward edge of said central portion 6 of the body 5, there is formed a pendant Hap or web lO that engages downwardly alongside of the outer face of the upper portion of the vehicle radiator shell for maintaining the water in this portion of the radiator in a warm condition.

Formed or suitably associated with the forward ends of the side portions 7 7 of the body 5 of the hood cover are iiaps ll-ll, 12-12 that are adapted to be folded inwardly in overlapping relation for covering the vehicle radiator A, extension strips ll and 12 being formed upon the upper edges of the lower flaps 11. and l2 in 'order that said upper flaps will have overlying relation with respect to said lower flaps at their adjacent edges for obviously providing a relatively water and air tight joint between the edges of said flaps,

The width of the upper iiaps ll and l2 are such as to enable the upper edges thereof to be tucked beneath the pendant flap or web 10 of the center section 6 of the hood cover body 5 as clearly shown in Fig. l.

Said web l0 and upper flap 12 are each provided with a female member of a well known formof separable fastener that are to receive the male member of said sepa rable fastener and that is carried by the upper outer corner of the cooperating flap 1l, said female members being designated a and l) respectively, while said male meinber is designated o, Figs. 1 and 2, and it llO `will be apparent that through the Vmediumy of said separable fasteners, the upper flaps ll and lmay be inaintainedin secured re'-y lation upon the radiator. i. Y y

At the lower overlapping edges zof the upper flaps il and 12 a separable fastener I fl is provided, thel members of said fastener' being carried by the respective flaps in order that a detachable connection may be established at thelower portions of said upper flaps, similar fastener elements being car# Y ried by the overlapping edgesof the lower carried by the iiaps l1-1l, when it is de-` flaps 11 and 12 for similar purposes, these being designated respectively e andv f. v

Upon one ofthe siderportioiisf( ofthe hood covervbody 5', there" provided a pair of separable fastenerfelements g and zA in vertical spaced relation that are' adapted for interconnection with they opposite members 0f this` type yof separable fastener Vthat are this side portion carries at its upper edge in vertical alinei'nent with the member L, a

member of a separable fastener construction for'interconnection with Vthe member `a;

ofthe uppermost flap l2 when vsaid flap is shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1.

Vfolded along the side portionof the' body as It will be at once' apparent that by theV provisionof the iiaps llnli and 12-12 togetl'ier with their particular fastening nie-ans, theupperor lower portion of the y radiator may tbe` uncovered as' desired for allowingtheair to reach the saine when the weather is but moderately cold.

" ployed for securing the hood cover to the sidef Vpanels of the radiator and 'especially' when the flaps 11-11-, lfb-12 are in open position, I provide strap sections 13"'and 14C that are respectively connected jat their in@l ner ends to; the side portions7;7 ofthe cover body patY theloWei-"portion thereof.

tliatmay be extendedVr across/theV radiator and interconnectedgby suitable'separable fas-` Y tene'r15,li`igi 2l. y 1 y i Frein the foregoing'description when conf sidleicdinV conjunction w'ith the accompanying drawings, fit 'will at once belapparlent y that I haveprvided a highly"novelandrela@y tivelyfsimple form of vehicle'ra'diator ceve'frV that` will effectively the; motor and.y radiator in "av warm cion-dition arelati vel-y beeasily and quickly placed into a fiat fold- 1 ed l condition for storage while not .in use.

Even thoughI have herein shown and described Vthe inostpre-feri'ed[embodiment of' the invention with which I am at this time familiar, it is vnevf'ert'heless to be understood that minor changes may be made in the in;y i

ventionwithont departing from the spiritk andscope of the appendedclaims` v l. [en yautoinobile oodcover ,comprisingz, a body including an arched top shaped to conform to the topof ythe `hoodand radiator, i Y

a pair ,of depending side walls to fcovervthe-y sides of said hood, a. web depending from the forward end of said top, a pair Vof swing- ,to secure b yLetv A 'p Having thusdescribed my invention,-what -I claim as new and desire ters Patentis Y ably mounted radiatorflaps carried bythe forward ends of the side walls, Vthe adjacent edges of said iaps being disposed inov'erlapping relation withl the ,upper ends located beneath said web when said flaps `are in opera-tive position, fand means `for detache ably coniif-icting flaps together. i y

In a radiator and `hoodvcov'er ofthe classdescribed, a body comprising anarchedtop adaptedto cover the top ofthe radiator the overlapping ends of said and hood, side walls depending from the longitudinal edges of said top, and pairs of upper and lower radiator. flaps swingably connected with the forward` ends of said side walls, the inner 'adjacentedges of the flaps of theV respective pairs` being disposed Vin overlapping relationpineans" detachably conV necting said overlapping ends together, the upper portions of said lower flaps beingproyvided with extensions .underlying the lower endV poi'ti'on'sof the ripper flaps; 1

In radiator. and hood cover, a body composed of flexible material and including l a transversely arched top to cover theftop In addition to the means that may be ein? of the,ra'diatorandhood, iiexible'iside walls depending from theflongi'tudinal edge porfi l tions ofv said top, a'webj connected witliva'ndV detacha'bly connected strapssconnected with depending `from theV forwardend of said top, l

the lower portionsfof tlieforward ends o'ffV said side' walls, and" upper andflower pairs of flaps swingarbly connected 'to `the forward ends of"said side walls, the upperendsof. tlieupii'ertiaps beiiigfadapted for disposition beneath saidweb,v the upper. nlends" of the lower flaps' being adaptedr for disposi tion beneatlrthe lowergportions of s'aid-iipy 

